Bucket-eook for tank-vehicles



A. DAVIS, JR.

BUCKET HOOK FOR TANK VEHICLES.

APPLICATION man JUNE 3, 1919.

Patented Feb. 10,1920.

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ATTORNEY TTNTTED STATES PATENT @FFTCE.

AUGUS'IINE DAVIS, OF CDVINGTON, KENTUCESIY.

BUCKE'I IZGOK FDR TANK-VEHICLE.

Application filed June 3, 1919.

To all whom z't'mag concern:

Be it known that L'AUsUs'riNn DAVIS, J r., a citizen of the United States, and resident of Covington, in the county of Kenton and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Bucket-Hook for Tank-Vehicles, of which-the following is a specification.

The invention relates to tank vehicles-,and more particularly to oil' tank wagons and trucks. The outlet conduits from the tank compartments of such vehicles lead to the rear, where they bear a transverse series of faucets, which it is desirable to protect with a rear bumper-bar. Such bar, however, makes it difficult to hang buckets. on and remove them from the usual lugs on the hooks; and in a prior application, Serial No. 2%,702, filed July 31-, 1918, I have described a bucket-hook for enabling the buckets to be inserted and withdrawn in a safe and convenient manner. In that particular construction the bucket-hooks were carried by the bumper-bar, whereas in the present form they are secured to the faucets. This is more advantageous because it does not require special care in the pipe fitting to bring the rest portions of the hooks into operative relationwith the faucets; instead,the relation between the faucets and the hooks is fixed and any variation is between. the positions of the rear ends of the hooks relatively to the vertical plane of the bar, which is easily taken care of by making the hooks a little long and trimming off their ends after everything is assembled.

A further feature of the invention is the provision of a, bucket-handle rest at: the back of the faucet in combination with a guide for conducting the bucket-handle forward, from beneath the bumper-bar. and then upwardly to the relatively elevated rest, so that the top of the bucket isbrought well up beneath the mouth of the faucet, thus. avoiding loss by wind. blowing the stream.

These and other features and advantages of the invention will become. apparent to those skilled in the art, as the specification proceeds.

Claims generic to the common invention of the two applications are included herein.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure l is a sectional side elevation illus- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 10, 1920.

Serial No. 801,592.

trative of the present preferred and combination;

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan View of a faucet and its horn hooks;

Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section; Fig. 4 is a fragmentary elevation on a small scale of the rear part of a tank vehicle embodying the invention; and

Fig. 5 is a plan view similar to Fig. 4

The drawings illustrate a standard form of tank vehicle faucet 1, modified for the purpose of the invention. The rear portion of a tank vehicle, such as an oil tank truck, is indicated at 2 in Figs. 4 and 5. vehicles are provided with a transverse series of rear faucets 1, on the ends of conduits leading from different tank compartments holding different kinds of oils; and it is important to protect the faucets with a rear bumper-bar 3, which may be of various forms,,carried by the chassis and extending transversely at a distance behind the faucets. This protection makes it difficult to hang the buckets on the ordinary lugs provided on the faucets for supporting them while being filled, or to remove them therefrom, and causes loss through spilling, and contamination from dirt getting on the buckets when they are set on the ground, as has been practically unavoidable because construction of the bar being in the way. In my prior application aforesaid I have disclosed one form of my bucket-hook designedv to overcome this difliculty, in which form the hook was atwo-limbed, recurved structure secured to thebumper-bar. Such combination, l1OW- ever, calls for exact pipe-fitting in order that the faucets and rest portions of the hooks shall be in operative relation. The construction: disclosed herein removes that drawback by mounting projecting twin horn hooks on the faucets,.the hooks terminating beneath the bumper-bar, where they are trimmed off after the parts have been assembled. The present preferred embodiment alsoincludes a construction and combination of the guide and rest portions whereby the bucket-handle is conducted inward under the bumper-bar, in such ma11- ner that it cannot slip off, and eventually upward to a rest at the back of the faucet, the relations being such that the bucket is raised up under the faucet.

These- The hooks are designated at, there being a pair of laterally spaced hooks or horns on each faucet. For their reception the body of the faucet is formed with a pair of integral lugs 5, 5 at opposite sides, these lugs projectin both rearwardly and forwardly and affording lateral seats for the application of the horn members. The lugs are located at a height for supporting the bucket close under the faucet as stated, and the horns are secured to the outer sides thereof by transverse bolts 6 and 7, at opposite sides, back and front, of the faucet, respectively, the said bolts passing through registering apertures in the lugs and horn members and receiving clamping nuts upon their ends.

The twin horns on each faucet have an upward slope or rise, designated 8, whereby the handle 9 of a bucket 10 after passing forward under the bumper-bar is guided upward to the rest or notch 11, which is formed by a short downward inclination or curvature of the hooks immediately adjacent the back of the faucet. The forward ends of the lugs 5 conform to this rest region, and obviously might constitute the rest, being in fact serviceable as holders in absence of the hooks, if for any reason the user should remove the hooks and bumperbar. The rear portion of the horns, beginning at their free ends beneath the bumperbar, extend forwardly and downwardly at a slight inclination, to prevent the full bucket sliding off after it has been lowered down the slope 8. The separation of the twin horns insures a steady support for the bucket, preventing swinging, and permits the insertion of the hand to grasp the handle between the hooks.

The bolt 6 heretofore referred to as a means for detachably securing the horn hooks is also a pivotal support for a hasp 12, hung between the lugs 5, and cooperative with a cap 13 screwable on and off the faucet mouth, and having a loop 14: to pass through the slot of the hasp to be locked by a padlock 15.

From the foregoing the use and advan tages of the invention will be understood. Generic claims to the forms of the two applications are included herein.

WVhat I claim as new is:

1. In a tankvehicle, the combination with a rear faucet and a rear bumper-bar pro tecting the same, of a pair of laterally spaced bucket-hook horns carried by the faucet and projecting rearward therefrom with their ends approximately beneath the bumperbar, forming a guide for conducting the bucket handles from beneath the bumper-bar to the faucet and return.

2. In a tank-vehicle, the combination with a rear faucet, and a rear bumper-bar protecting the same, of a rearwardly projecting guide carried by t is faucet and extending beneath the bumper-bar for conducting a bucket-handle to and from supported position at the faucet.

3. In a tank-vehicle, the combination with a rear faucet and bumper-bar protecting the same, of a bucket-guide extending between the faucet and bumper-bar regions for conducting the bucket handles from beneath the bumper-bar to the faucet and return.

4. In a tank-vehicle, the combination with a rear faucet and bumper-bar protecting the same, of a bucket-handle guide extending between the faucet and bumper-bar regions and having a rise to an elevated handle rest at the faucet, whereby the top of the bucket is brought well up under the faucet.

5. In a tank-vehicle, the combination with a rear faucet and bumper-bar protecting the same, of a bucket-handle rest at the back of the faucet and a guide for conducting a handle to said rest from a point beneath the bumper-bar.

6. In a tank-vehicle having a faucet and a rear bumper-bar protecting the same, a pair of rearwardly projecting bucket-hook horns carried by the faucet, terminating in free ends substantially beneath the bumperbar and having a slope leading upward to and downward from a handle-rest at the back of the faucet.

7. In a tank-vehicle, the combination with a rear faucet and bumper-bar protecting the same, of a bucket-handle rest at the back of the faucet and a bucket-handle guide extending between the rest and a point substantially beneath the bumper-bar, said guide having a portion sloping downward from its rear end and a subsequent rise to the rest.

8. In a tank-vehicle, the combination with a rear faucet and bumper-bar protecting the same, of a rest at the back of the faucet and twin hooks thereon extending rearward to a point substantially beneath the bar with an intermediate slope for conducting the bucket-handle upward to and downward from the rest.

9. The combination of a tank vehicle faucet having duplex lugs, a pair of buckethook horns, and means detachably securing said horns to the faucet lugs.

10. The combination of a tank vehicle faucet having duplex lugs, a pair of buckethook horns, and transverse bolts in front and behind the faucet securing said. horns to the lugs.

11. The combination of a tank vehicle faucet having duplex lugs, a cap for the mouth of the faucet, a locking hasp between the lugs to cooperate with the cap, bucket-hook horns applied to the sides of the lugs, and a bolt securing the horns to the lugs and forming a pivotal support for said hasp.

AUGUSTINE DAVIS, JR. 

